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<p>Berkeley doesn’t do so formally. But informally speaking, it is widely understood that the ‘distinction’ rankings map directly into the Latin honors.</p>
<p>“UC Berkeley does not use the Latin terminology for honors. It may be understood that highest distinction is equivalent to summa cum laude; high distinction to magna cum laude; and distinction is equivalent to cum laude.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/collegepolicies/honors.html[/url]”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/collegepolicies/honors.html</a></p>
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<p>Honors within the major is not the same thing as general scholarship honors. You can both, or just one and not the other.</p>